Joe Torre

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Joe Torre

1960–1977 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'2", 212 lb · b. 1940 Brooklyn, NY

Career 2,209 G · 2,342 H · 252 HR · 1,185 RBI · .297 AVG

Seasons leading his league

10

6 best in baseball 4 league only

48 Top-5 finishes

5 Title seasons

9 Categories led

1971 Best season

Spanning 1964–1974, peaking at 5 titles in 1971.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons ×2

Team records #4 Cardinals 1971 H #7 Cardinals 1971 RBI #10 Cardinals career AVG

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

513th League titles 10
389th Best in baseball 6
419th Top-5 finishes 48

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

142nd Hits 2,342
152nd Catcher Putouts 4,850
168th Total Bases 3,560
169th Runs Batted In 1,185
182nd First Base Double Plays 607
184th First Base Assists 478
195th Catcher Double Plays 57
201st First Base Putouts 6,342
244th Catcher Assists 428
254th Batting Average .297
255th Home Runs 252
293rd Third Base Putouts 426
294th Walks 779
319th Third Base Double Plays 71
330th Third Base Assists 825
333rd Doubles 344
364th Runs 996
368th On-Base Percentage .365
369th On-Base Plus Slug. .817
457th Slugging Percentage .452

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Catcher Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1968 .996 1964 NL .995 1963 #3
First Base Double Plays	1	1st	—	1974 144 1969 #2
First Base Assists	1	1st	—	1974 NL 102
Catcher Double Plays	1	1st	—	1967 NL 12 1966 #3
Third Base Putouts	1	1st	—	1971 NL 136
Total Bases	1	1st	—	1971 352
Hits	1	1st	—	1971 230 1970 #3
Runs Batted In	1	1st	—	1971 137
Batting Average	1	1st	—	1971 .363 1970 #2
First Base Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1969 #2 1973 #2
Catcher Assists	—	#2	—	1961 #3 1966 #2 1967 #3
Third Base Fielding Percentage	—	#3	—	1972 #3
Doubles	—	#3	—	1971 #3
Slugging Percentage	—	#3	—	1971 #3
On-Base Percentage	—	#2	—	1971 #2
On-Base Plus Slug.	—	#3	—	1971 #3

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1974	2	1B A 102 1B DP 144
1971	5	AVG .363 RBI 137 H 230 TB 352 3B PO 136
1968	1	C FPCT .996
1967	1	C DP 12
1964	1	C FPCT .995

Batting

led the league 18 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1960	ML1	NL	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
1961	ML1	NL	113	406	40	113	21	4	10	42	28	60	3	.278	.330	.424	.754
1962	ML1	NL	80	220	23	62	8	1	5	26	24	24	1	.282	.355	.396	.750
1963	ML1	NL	142	501	57	147	19	4	14	71	42	79	1	.293	.350	.431	.781
1964	ML1	NL	154	601	87	193	36	5	20	109	36	67	2	.321	.365	.498	.863
1965	ML1	NL	148	523	68	152	21	1	27	80	61	79	0	.291	.372	.490	.862
1966	ATL	NL	148	546	83	172	20	3	36	101	60	61	0	.315	.382	.560	.943
1967	ATL	NL	135	477	67	132	18	1	20	68	49	75	2	.277	.345	.444	.790
1968	ATL	NL	115	424	45	115	11	2	10	55	34	72	1	.271	.332	.377	.709
1969	SLN	NL	159	602	72	174	29	6	18	101	66	85	0	.289	.361	.447	.808
1970	SLN	NL	161	624	89	203	27	9	21	100	70	91	2	.325	.398	.498	.896
1971	SLN	NL	161	634	97	230	34	8	24	137	63	70	4	.363	.421	.555	.976
1972	SLN	NL	149	544	71	157	26	6	11	81	54	64	3	.289	.357	.419	.776
1973	SLN	NL	141	519	67	149	17	2	13	69	65	78	2	.287	.377	.403	.779
1974	SLN	NL	147	529	59	149	28	1	11	70	69	88	1	.282	.371	.401	.772
1975	NYN	NL	114	361	33	89	16	3	6	35	35	55	0	.247	.317	.357	.674
1976	NYN	NL	114	310	36	95	10	3	5	31	21	35	1	.307	.358	.407	.765
1977	NYN	NL	26	51	2	9	3	0	1	9	2	10	0	.177	.204	.294	.498
Career	—	—	2,209	7,874	996	2,342	344	59	252	1,185	779	1,094	23	.297	.365	.452	.817

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1961	ML1	NL	C	112	108	964.2	494	50	10	4	554	.982	4.86
1962	ML1	NL	C	63	61	503.1	325	39	5	4	369	.986	5.78
1963	ML1	NL	C	105	94	835.0	584	46	4	9	634	.994	6.00
			1B	37	35	313.1	335	30	2	36	367	.995	9.87
			OF	2	1	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1964	ML1	NL	C	96	83	766.0	518	46	3	4	567	.995	5.88
			1B	70	68	561.0	563	48	4	49	615	.994	8.73
1965	ML1	NL	C	100	96	840.0	589	43	6	4	638	.991	6.32
			1B	49	46	416.0	433	30	2	39	465	.996	9.45
1966	ATL	NL	C	114	104	942.2	607	67	11	9	685	.984	5.91
			1B	36	37	316.2	267	20	1	24	288	.997	7.97
1967	ATL	NL	C	114	102	907.1	580	63	6	12	649	.991	5.64
			1B	23	21	189.0	205	18	2	21	225	.991	9.70
1968	ATL	NL	C	92	85	747.2	492	37	2	7	531	.996	5.75
			1B	29	28	237.1	241	11	0	19	252	1.000	8.69
1969	SLN	NL	1B	144	142	1261.0	1,270	83	6	117	1,359	.996	9.40
			C	17	16	145.2	90	8	1	0	99	.990	5.77
1970	SLN	NL	C	90	88	784.0	571	29	8	4	608	.987	6.67
			3B	73	72	645.0	68	133	11	12	212	.948	2.75
			1B	1	1	9.0	12	0	0	0	12	1.000	12.00
1971	SLN	NL	3B	161	161	1444.0	136	271	21	22	428	.951	2.53
1972	SLN	NL	3B	117	115	1011.0	102	182	11	17	295	.963	2.43
			1B	27	27	242.0	234	16	4	17	254	.984	9.26
1973	SLN	NL	1B	114	84	803.0	833	60	6	80	899	.993	7.83
			3B	58	54	430.2	48	68	6	3	122	.951	2.00
1974	SLN	NL	1B	139	130	1177.2	1,165	102	10	144	1,277	.992	9.12
			3B	18	11	105.2	8	19	4	1	31	.871	1.50
1975	NYN	NL	3B	83	76	634.1	61	148	11	14	220	.950	2.52
			1B	24	13	135.1	111	9	4	12	124	.968	5.00
1976	NYN	NL	1B	78	69	613.1	590	49	7	40	646	.989	8.19
			3B	4	3	30.0	3	3	0	2	6	1.000	1.50
1977	NYN	NL	1B	16	11	84.0	83	2	1	9	86	.988	5.31
			3B	1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
Career	—	—	C	903	837	7436.1	4,850	428	56	57	5,334	.990	5.85
	—	—	1B	787	712	6358.2	6,342	478	49	607	6,869	.993	8.67
	—	—	3B	515	493	4309.2	426	825	64	71	1,315	.951	2.43
	—	—	OF	2	1	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00